Topic: Death Penalty Deters Crime
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What Crimes Get the Death Penalty?
Crimes that get the death penalty include first degree murder, some forms of rape, especially of a child, and treason against the United States. Read More »
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Why does prison time and/or the death penalty not deter crime?
To act as a deterrent (keep others from committing the same crime) a punishment must be sure and swift. The death penalty is neither. More than one of the people who answered your question are misinformed about what deterrence means. They a... Read More »
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How does the death penalty deter others from committing capital c...
It doesn't. Most capital crimes are either a) not planned in the sense that they result from some OTHER planned crime (robbery, etc) going wrong; OR b) they occur in an emotionally charged situation where very little thought goes into the m... Read More »
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famous killings serial killings bombings too many manslaughter and extra charge for other things and your crime history along with murder charges and they will not stop the death they need a witness Read More »
Source: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_crimes_carry_the_death_penalty
Murder, Rape, Piracy, Terrorism, Treason, and occasionally repeat offenses for violent crimes. Read More »
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The death penalty in the United States is almost exclusively reserved for the crime of first-degree murder (with aggravating circumstances in most states). Circumstances that are considered aggravating vary by state. The US Supreme Court's ... Read More »
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In the US jurisdictions which still have the death penalty, you are not "guaranteed" the death penalty. There are several 'capital crimes' cited among those that migh qualify BUT,currently usually only murder (the more heinous or coldbloode... Read More »
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Possible death sentence crimes: first degree murder and only then when in aggravating circumstances such as murder for profit or murder using extreme cruelty, are present. The federal government still has provisions for granting death penal... Read More »
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Good question. There are other reasons to end the death penalty. I'm totally against it and not because of any sympathy for criminals. It’s not an effective way to prevent or reduce crime, costs a whole lot more than life in prison, and wor... Read More »
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It has been proven over and over again that the death penalty does not deter crime. It is just a bizarre ritual that we do to make ourselves feel better about ourselves. We sacrifice the blood of some supposed criminal to make ourselves fee... Read More »
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